Hat-pin.



M. 'L. BAGLEY.,

HAT PIN. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1911.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

COLUMBIA FLANOGRAPH :0. WASHINGTON. n. c.

MARION L. 'BAGLEY, 0F ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 28, 1911.

Patented J an. 6, 1914:-

Serial No. 662,833.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARION LOUISE BAG- LnY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county ofAlameda and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in hat-pins and particularly toimprovements in lock hat-pins of the type shown and described in thepatent granted me April 11, 1911, No. 989,223; and an object of thisinvention is to simplify and to cheapen the construction of such lockhat-pins and to increase the readiness and convenience with which theparts of the hat-pin may be engaged with and disengaged from each other.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of this invention and thebest mode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is anelevation of my new hat-pin, the lock-head being shown in section; andFig. 2 is a section on the line A-A of Fig. 1.

The shank a at one end is provided with a suitable head I) and at itsother end is formed with a pair of branches 0 which meet in a sharppoint (Z. The branches 0 are resilient and may be readily pressedinwardly toward each other, as is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.Each branch 0 is formed near its middle with an inset, notch or indente. In the inner wall of the circular opening or mouth of the sheath orlockhead f, there is seated (Fig. 2) a circular bead or locking ring g,which is adapted to enter the insets e. The lock-head f is furtherprovided with a cup-shaped seat h which serves to position the hat-pinand to arrest and limit its inward movement so that the locking ring 9will readily engage in the insets e 1n the branches 0. The cupshapedseat It also serves to grip the branches 0 of the hat-pin and thereby toaid in retaining the latter frictionally in the lock-head 7.

I claim:

1. The combination of a hat-pin the penetrating end of which is formedwith a pair of resilient outwardly curved branches which diverge fromthe shank of the hat-pin and then converge and meet in a sharp point,each of said branches being formed with an inset; a sheath having aflaring mouth at the base and in the inner wall of which is seated acircular bead-like ring adapted to engage with said insets to lock saidbranches 1n place; and an independent funnel-like seat which extendswithin said sheath inwardly from said ring and is shaped and arranged toengage frictionally said branches and arrest the same automatically inlooking position; said branches lying in their locked position partlyoutside of said sheath.

2. In combination, a hat pin split longitudinally near its pointed end,the sides of said split portion being separated and resilient and formedon their outer surfaces with transverse notches or depressions, and ashell adapted to receive the point of the hat-pin, the inner surface ofwhich shell is formed with a recess, and a ring secured in said recessedportion in a plane transverse to the shell, the inner edge of said ringbeing adapted to enter said notches when the pin is passed through thering.

3. In combination, a hat pin split longitudinally near its pointed end,the sides of said split portion being separated and resilient and formedon their outer surfaces with transverse notches or depressions, and ashell adapted to receive the point of the hat pin, the inner surface ofwhich shell is formed with a recess, and a ring secured in said recessedportion in a plane transverse to the shell, the inner edge of said ringbeing adapted to enter said notches when the pin is passed through thering, said shell having a flaring mouth forming a guide for the pin.

Signed at Alameda, California, this 20th day of November in the presenceof the two undersigned witnesses.

MARION L. BAGLEY.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GORDON, HENRY SELMEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

